Toy guns



Oct. 5, 1965 HIROSHE YANO 3,209,741

TOY GUNS Filed Sept. 21, 1962 United States Patent TOY GUNS HiroshiYano, 3 l-chome, Takase-cho, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, Japan Filed Sept. 21,1962, Ser. No. 225,327 Claims priority, application Japan, Sept. 24,1961, 36/ 34,396 1 Claim. (Cl. 124-49) The present invention relates totoy guns capable of discharging balls, wherein a plurality of magazinesare provided within the body by turning to account the internal spacethereof, and the magazine equipment has a common communicating passagewhich is either openable or at all times open for feed of balls,rendering it possible for the body to have within the largest possiblemagazine capacity, and for the random collections of many balls totravel in orderly manner from the auxiliary to the main magazine,thereby avoiding the trouble of picking up from without, for example byhand fingers, individual balls from the auxiliary to the main magazinefor next discharge and securing the best feed of balls further down tothe discharge bore.

In accordance with the invention, the provision specifically with themain and auxiliary gazines W hin the body, the main magazine lyingeither in the vicinity of or directly communicating with the feedportion, for example, in the form of feed hole, for guiding balls intothe discharge bore, and the auxiliary magazine lying either disconnectedfrom or not directly communicating with said feed portion, structurallyrenders it possible to make the most expedient useof the internal spaceof the body and effectively secure the largest possible capacity for themagazine equipment. The communication of the plurality of magazines witha common passage, either openable or open at all times, renders itpossible for the individual balls in each of the magazines to travel inan orderly manner from the auxiliary to the main magazine and furtherdown into the feed portion (hole) an advantage that the randomcollections of large number balls stored in a spacious magazineequipment automatically travel in line with the definite contemplation.

Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide toy gunscapable of discharging balls, wherein there are provided at least twomagazines as the main and auxiliary ones separately within the body byturning to account the internal space thereof, the plurality ofmagazines having a common communicating passage that allows balls totravel from an auxiliary magazine to a main magazine within the body.

It is another object of the invention to provide toy guns capable ofdischarging balls, wherein there are provided a plurality of magazines.within the body by turning to account the internal space thereof andthe communicating passage open at all times and common to said magazinesso that shocks, vibrations or changes in position given to the bodyduring discharge action or operation for discharge assist the balls totravel through the communicating passage from magazine to magazine.

It is another object of the invention to provide toy guns capable ofdischarging balls, wherein there are provided a plurality of magazineswithin the body by turning to account the internal space thereof and thecommunicating passage common to said magazines and furnished with thecommon shutter so that shocks, vibrations or changes in position givento the body during discharge action or operation for discharge assistthe balls to travel through the shutter from magazine to magazine.

It is still another object of the invention to provide toy guns capableof discharging balls, wherein there are provided a plurality ofmagazines within the body by turning to account the internal spacethereof, and, in obtaining view of a toy gun of the invention having anopenable pivoted shutter at the communicating passage.

There are provided within gun body 11 main magazine 12 and auxiliarymagazines 13 with common open com municating passage 15 for balls totravel therethrough from magazine 13 to magazine 12 within the body. Thepartition wall dividing magazines 12 and 13 from each other isdesignated at 14, the trigger at 16, the striker at 17, the spring foradvancing striker 17 at 18, the discharge bore for balls at 20, the feedhole for balls at 21 that communicates discharge bore 20 with magazine12,- the loading aperture at 22 for balls into both magazines 12 and 13,and the openable cover at 23 for loading aperture 22. Communicatingpassage 15 has openable pivoted shutter 24 which is stopped in rotationat stopper projection 25 prepared in the side of auxiliary magazine 13in such fashion that shutter 24 clockwise rotates toward main magazine12 but not toward auxiliary one 13' for stopper projection 25, allowingfree passage for balls 19 from magazine 13 into magazine 12 butpreventing once migrated balls 19 in magazine 12 from returning to'their original magazine 13, there-by allotting a specified character toballs 19 in travelling course. 7

In accordance with the invention with such structural design asmentioned, when body 11 lies horizontally as illustrated, balls 19 liestationarily stored in magazines 12 and 13, but when it is held indischarge position, and trigger 16 drawn, one of the balls 19, fedthrough feed hole 21 into discharge bore 20, discharged from this bymeans of striker 17 with the help of spring 18, vibrations, changes inangular inclination or the like thereby produced in body 11,automatically work to feed magazine 12 through communicating passage 15with fresh supply from auxiliary magazine 13. As it is seen, the feedingis carried out automatically by vibrations or another angularinclination naturally produced in body 11 during discharge operationWithout conscious care of the user to feed. Therefore, the structuraldesign assures such effect that, keeping pace with the consumption ofballs 19 in main magazine 12 either directly communicating with or lyingin the vicinity of feed hole 21, balls stored in auxiliary magazine 13are fed automatically and without failure from magazine 13, and suchrepeated trouble is absolutely avoided as to pick up balls 19 frommagazine 13, for example, with fingers, for feeding magazine 12 withfresh supply. The provision of a plurality of magazines like 12 and 13,so long as these are furnished with communicating passage 15, provesvery eflective in securing the largest possible capacity for themagazine equipment by best turning to account space within body 11 andintroducing more magazines without impairing actions of other elementsof mechanism.

Furthermore, with the invention, the provision of a plurality ofmagazines within the body as main 12 and auxiliary ones 13 ofrespectively distinct characteristic arranged on a definite plan forvast collections of balls in the possible largest capacity magazineequipment in such fashion that at least the one for a collection of manyballs to be directly fed into discharge bore 20 and the other for thatof those for replenishing the other in consumption, removes thepossibility of disorderly collection of carelessly fed balls 19 beingjammed up in feed hole 21 and enables the other collection to be fedinto the hole in orderly suc- Patented Oct. 5, 1965' cession. Inaddition, partition walls 14 dividing both magazines from each other andusing a significant influence upon the establishment of undisturbed feedof balls into the discharge bore, permits free design in shape, size andangular inclination, regardless capacity of magazines 12 and 13, andplacement in the best effective position with respect to feed hole 21and magazine 12 to the securement of the most expedient and effectivefeed performance. In the form of embodiment of the invention illustratedwhere communicating passage 15 is furnished with shutter 24 and stopperprojection 25, balls freely travel from auxiliary magazine 13 throughopenable shutter 24 to main magazine 12, but, once have travelled tomagazine 12, are prevented from travelling back to magazine 13 forshutter 24 which does not open into magazine 13. This provides anadvantage that balls are always controlled to take the prescribed courseof travel from magazine 13 to magazine 12 and not vice versa. Practicalresults proved to be excellent beyond expectation. The necessarystructural design in accordance with the invention is very simple, andit is obvious that it may be easily applied to nearly any toy guns. Itdisplays splendid elfects and removes such disadvantages in the priorart toy guns as the disturbed feed of balls to the discharge boreascribable to the disorderly store of many balls without remedy, thedisappointedly small capacity of magazine in contrast to apparentbulkiness of the body, and the like, and indeed realizes completeutilization of the internal space of the body for magazine equipment andcontrol of the orderly travelling course for balls without particularcare being taken by the user from without. There allows of coursemodification of design without departing from the scope of theinvention.

I claim:

A toy gun capable of discharging balls comprising:

a main body;

two magazines within said body, consisting of a front main magazine anda rear auxiliary magazine;

a partition separating said main magazine from said auxiliary magazine,said partition extending into a passage connecting said main magazineand said auxiliary magazine, and comprising a wall defining a feedopening through which said balls are permitted to drop to a position tobe fired;

means for striking each of the balls stored in said main magazine afterit passes through the feed opening and is aligned with a discharge holein the forward portion of the main body;

a shutter pivotally suspended from said body and positioned in saidpassage between said main magazine and said auxiliary magazine, directlyabove said feed opening;

and a stop in said passage adjacent to the rear surface of said shutter,preventing said shutter from moving rearward of said feed opening,whereby balls in said main magazine are prevented from returning to saidauxiliary magazine once they have passed into the main magazine.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,814,285 11/57Yamauchi 12449 X FOREIGN PATENTS 533,285 11/54 Belgium.

RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

LOUIS R. PRINCE, Examiner.

